Updates: Nigerian freed of drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Feb 18, 2020
A criminal Court in Makka, Saudi Arabia has discharged and acquitted a Zamfara death row accused Sheikh Ibrahim Ibrahim.
Ibrahim, a renowned Islamic cleric from Zamfara State, was allegedly accused of drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia and was on the death row.
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Zamfara Commissioner of Special Duties, Alhaji Mohammed Saddiq, told newsmen Tuesday from Makka that the accused Ibrahim Ibrahim is a free man.
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Governor Bello Mohammed earlier met with President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the matter who in turn, instructed the Minister of Justice to proceed.
The commissioner explained: "It is evident that Ibrahim required the services of advocates which Governor Bello Mohammed swiftly handled by employing a team of Lawyers for Ibrahim and constituted a delegation, including a lawyer representing the National Commission on Diaspora from the Federal Ministry of Justice, to Saudi Arabia to monitor the proceeding.ÔÇØ
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The commissioner said any moment from now, Malam Ibrahim will be flown back to Nigeria to be reunited with his family.
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